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Please use this form if you are applying for a Full Boarding Place.

Admissions to Year 7, Year 5 and Year 3 Boarding are also coordinated by Surrey County Council. Applications for a place in September 2026 must also be submitted to Surrey County Council. Please contact the Admissions team for further information on 01737 649001 or email admissions@gatton-park.org.uk

We welcome applications from external students joining us from other schools.

Please use this form to apply for a Sixth Form place.

Current students will receive an internal application and do not need to apply via the link below.

Please use this form, also known as a supplementary form, if you are applying for a Flexi Boarding place (Flexi Boarding is where students stay for the extended day and sleep in the boarding house 7-10 nights per year)

Admissions to Year 7 for Flexi Boarding are coordinated by Surrey County Council. Applications for a place in September 2027, using the Surrey application form, must be submitted by 31st October 2026. It is also necessary to complete the school application form via the link below (also known as a supplementary form). The same applies for admissions to Year 3 and Year 5 Flexi Boarding, but the deadline for Year 3 is 15th January 2027.

Please use this form, also known as a supplementary form, if you are applying for a Flexi Boarding place outside of the usual admission times i.e. applications that are not for an Autumn start in Year 3, Year 5 or Year 7.

Once you have submitted an application, you will receive an automated email to confirm your application has been entered on our system. In-year applications are processed by the Admissions Office and are dealt with in a timely manner. We aim to respond to parents regarding the outcome of their application as quickly as possible. Information regarding right of appeal and timetable can be found here.

For further information, please see Surrey Country Council’s website:

Need for Flexi Boarding

When it comes to admission to the School, we give higher priority to applicants who have a need for Flexi Boarding. This can be due to difficult home circumstances or due to family work commitments. In order to establish this, we ask parents to explain the need, and to provide information from independent parties as evidence of this need.

Flexi Boarding need due to difficult home circumstances:

For applications for this higher priority, supporting evidence which can be provided includes letters/emails from:

• Doctors/medical professionals explaining why the parent has difficulty caring for the child
• Social worker giving details of an unstable home environment
• Child’s current school giving details of the impact of the home circumstances on the child
• Any other independent third party (apart from family/friends) who knows about the home circumstances of the child

Flexi Boarding need due to parent work patterns:

Parents are able to apply for higher priority due to family work patterns. Priority is given to children whose care outside of normal school hours is impacted by their parents’ working schedules involving unsociable or irregular hours. This may include, for example, working patterns requiring shift work, extensive travel, and/or frequent overnight stays.

• Employers will be required to provide details of the working pattern of the parent(s). Employers will need to complete a template provided by the school and email this from the employer’s work email address.  For self-employed parents, letters from clients will be required.
• To determine priority, the Admissions Committee evaluates the working patterns of the household collectively. Evidence is required for all parents in the home. Single-parent households will be assessed individually.

Application Process

Applicants should make clear on their application form that they are applying for a higher priority place.

Applications for higher priority based on home circumstances or parental work patterns are reviewed and assessed by the Admissions Committee on a termly basis.

For applications requesting higher priority due to parental work patterns, the Admissions Committee assesses working patterns only and remains unaware of job titles during the decision-making process.

Applying for Year 3, Year 5 and Year 7

For September 2027 entry, families applying for higher priority due to home circumstances or parental work patterns must submit their application form and supporting evidence by the respective deadlines:

• Year 7 – 31st October 2026
• Year 3 or Year 5 – 15th January 2027

Only applications with supporting evidence submitted on time will be considered for a higher priority ranking. Late higher priority applications will not be considered in the initial allocation round of places for the relevant year.

Please note that parents will not be informed of higher priority outcomes.